Pet Peeve #41: TMI

I really enjoy open and vulnerable conversation. To me, there are no limits on conversation topics unless they start to make someone uncomfortable. I’m very aware of the latter–I truly don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable or offend anyone. Every once in a while I encounter a conversationalist who will seem to intentionally push people’s … Read more

The Two-Month Gauntlet

I’m going to write a novel by the end of April. That’s at least 80,000 words, give or take a few thousand. I started writing 14 days ago. I now have over 15,000 words. I’ve had the idea for the novel for a while, but it didn’t really come together until two weeks ago. I was … Read more

The Tournament of Josh

In the comments of the Tournament of Awkwardness finale, a friendly war of words broke out between a person named Josh and a person named…Josh. As we all know by the rules of Highlander and Fringe, only one person of a given name can occupy the same space or the world will implode onto itself. … Read more